In 2014, a series of reforms, called as the Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP), was launched in the health system of Iran in a stepwise process. HSEP was mainly based on the fifth 5-year health development national strategies (2011-2016). It included different interventions to: increase population coverage of basic health insurance, increase quality of care in the Ministry of Health and Medica...

conclusions along with adaptation and development process of cpgs, their utilization should also be planned; otherwise spent time and money would be in vain. certainly, imposing above-mentioned interventions with the ultimate goal of sustainable behavior change in health system service providers is beyond the capacity of specific groups or few academic centers. it requires the participation of ...

introduction: the main purpose of this study was to assess fulfillment of goals about “health transformation plan (htp) of ministry of health, treatment and medical education” from the perspective of managers, which is as one of the most important management challenges in the health system reform plan. these goals included six packages determined by the ministry of health, treatment and medical...

Background: The position of each subject area in scientific production can indicate the ability of the scientific performance of that subject field. Since obstetrics and gynecology is one of the most important clinical sciences discipline of medical science, this study aimed to evaluate the scientific production in the field of obstetrics and gynecology before and after the Iran health reform p...

Recognizing the need for clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in chiropractic, The Canadian Chiropractic Association (The CCA) and the Canadian Federation of Chiropractic Regulatory Boards (CFCRB) launched The CCA/CFCRB-CPG to develop and deploy CPGs for chiropractic. The profession of chiropractic accounts for physical and other influences on a person’s health. It can be integrated alongside th...

741 National Tax Journal Vol. LIV, No. 4 Abstract Market–based health care reform proposals typically rely on 1) consumer choice among competing health plans, 2) premiums paid out–of–pocket for higher priced plans, and 3) a significant out– of–pocket premium–price elasticity of health plan choice. Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code exempts employee out–of–pocket premiums from personal inc...

Background and aims: Visit quality is a crucial component of patient-physician interaction that its inadequacy can negatively influence the diagnosis and treatment efficiency. The waiting time and visit length are important determinants of quality in the outpatient care setting. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine waiting time and visit length and to compare them befor...

background: to assess the effect of method of delivery on women's mental health to improve of health status. methods: eleven hundred healthy women who had recently either normal vaginal delivery (nvd) or cesarean section (cs) were studied 6 week after delivery in 2005. the data were collected with using the 36-items short-form (sf-36) questionnaire by interviewing method. spss software version ...

Doctor Ingeniero de Montes, ICONA Forest Fire Section, Madrid Spain. Abstract: Forest fuels in the Mediterranean ecosystems of Spain are characterized by generalized pyrophytism and large accumulations of woody shrub vegetation. The Forest Service prepared in 1978 a fuel management plan and a program of surveys including: A study on the vegetation's evolution in forests after fires; the experim...